Catholic Answers : The Elevation of Mary

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This is an article I wrote awhile ago and recently revised it. 

It is answering many of the objections Christians have to Mary. 

Why do Catholics elevate Mary?  

Like all of us, Mary was in need of salvation, but Christ elevated her as His Mother.     

She was saved...


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